“It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink.”
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Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.
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Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
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The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
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